BuildingPermitCost How Johns Creek calculates your permit fee
The city charges a building permit fee using $6.50 per $1,000 of project value, plus a $50.00 application fee, with a $175.00 minimum. Plan review is a separate charge: 50% of the permit fee (minimum $125.00). Electrical, plumbing and mechanical work gets its own permits.
The fee table
$6.50 per $1,000 of project value, plus a $50.00 application fee, with a $175.00 minimum.
What counts as project value
ICC Building Valuation Data table. Building permit fees use valuations for uses listed in the ICC Building Valuation Data construction cost table or other recognized index (latest published edition).
Worked example: a $350,000 new home
- Building permit fee: $350,000.00 ÷ 1,000 × $6.50 = $2,275.00
- Application fee: fixed = $50.00
- Plan review fee: 50% of $2,275.00 = $1,137.50
- Total before trade permits: $3,462.50.
Fees people miss
May also apply (not in the totals above)
- Trade sub permit related to a building permit: when each electrical, plumbing or mechanical sub permit related to the building permit.
- Working without a permit penalty: when work started without a permit.
- Certificate of Occupancy / Certificate of Completion: when a certificate of occupancy or completion is issued (typically new homes and additions); $50.00 on the standard projects.
| Fee | Amount |
|---|---|
| Alteration of existing structure - major | 40% x $6.50 per $1,000 of valuation |
| Alteration of existing structure - minor | 30% x $6.50 per $1,000 of valuation |
| New construction - foundation only | 10% x $6.50 per $1,000 of valuation of building |
| New construction - building shell & core | 80% x $6.50 per $1,000 of valuation |
| Trade permit - stand-alone project | $6.50 per $1,000 of valuation |
| Re-inspection for non-compliance, 1stWhen: failed inspection | $75.00 each |
| Resubmittal fee, 4th and each subsequent reviewWhen: 4th or later plan review | $300.00 each |
| Revision to issued permitWhen: permit revised | $250.00 minimum |
| Temporary certificate of occupancy - 30 daysWhen: temporary CO requested | $400.00 each |
Trade permits are separate. Electrical: Trade sub permit related to a building permit: 15% of building permit fee, minimum $75; stand-alone trade permit $6.50 per $1,000 of valuation, minimum $75. Plumbing: Same as electrical. Mechanical: Same as electrical.
How to apply
- Gather your plans and your project's total value.
- Submit to Community Development, Building & Permitting.
- Pay the permit and plan review fees when invoiced.
- Questions: 678-512-3297 · 11360 Lakefield Drive, Johns Creek, GA